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Govt Procurement Committee welcomes Indonesia & Montenegro
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 12:27 pm | World Trade Organisation
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE WELCOMES INDONESIA AND MONTENEGRO AS OBSERVERS The Committee on Government Procurement, on 31 October 2012, approved requests by Indonesia and Montenegro, respectively, for observer status. The decisions bring to 25 governments ... More >>
Trade Policy Review: Israel
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 12:29 pm | World Trade Organisation
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: ISRAEL The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Israel takes place on 30 October and 1 November 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Israel. TPR ... More >>
Appellate Body issues report on China's duties on steel
Friday, 26 October 2012, 2:07 pm | World Trade Organisation
APPELLATE BODY ISSUES REPORT ON CHINA’S DUTIES ON STEEL PRODUCTS FROM THE US On 18 October 2012, the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in the case “China – Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties on Grain Oriented Flat-Rolled Electrical Steel ... More >>
Multilateralism Is In Crisis
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 2:46 pm | World Trade Organisation
DAY 1: OPENING-DAY SPEAKERS SAY YES, MULTILATERALISM IS IN CRISIS Yes, multilateralism is in crisis because it does not seem to be equipped for dealing with the problems of today. While this was the blunt assessment of the speakers during the opening ... More >>
Panels set up on Australia's tobacco measures
Saturday, 29 September 2012, 12:44 pm | World Trade Organisation
At its meeting on 28 September 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to establish a panel on Australia’s measures on plain packaging of tobacco products (DS434) and another one on countervailing duty measures on exports from China to ... More >>
Lamy Calls on Decision-Makers to Move the WTO Negotiations
Saturday, 22 September 2012, 1:02 pm | World Trade Organisation
A round-up of WTO news over the past week and a preview of upcoming events. http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/infocenter_e.htm More >>
WTO Announces Winners Of Contest For Youth Ambassador Progra
Friday, 3 August 2012, 11:06 am | World Trade Organisation
WTO ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF CONTEST FOR YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME On 2 August 2012, the WTO announced the winners of the video and essay contest for the Youth Ambassador Programme. The two winners, Ankita Mishra from India and Karina Hehs from Brazil, ... More >>
Indonesia Dispute Against EU On Import of Fatty Alcohols
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 3:00 pm | World Trade Organisation
World Trade Organization - Indonesia Files Dispute Against The European Union On Imports Of Fatty Alcohols More >>
Lamy reports to General Council on Doha Round
Friday, 27 July 2012, 4:32 pm | World Trade Organisation
LAMY REPORTS TO GENERAL COUNCIL ON DOHA ROUND AND URGES NEGOTIATORS TO ‘CHANGE GEARS’ Director-General Pascal Lamy told WTO members in the General Council on 25 July 2012 that they should “change gears” after the summer break and engage ... More >>
Lamy cites progress on trade facilitation and development
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 1:02 pm | World Trade Organisation
LAMY CITES PROGRESS ON TRADE FACILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on the Doha Round to the informal Heads of Delegation meeting on 17 July 2012, reported that the trade facilitation negotiations are “continuing ... More >>
World Trade Organization - WTO issues panel report on China
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 12:22 pm | World Trade Organisation
WTO ISSUES PANEL REPORT ON CHINA ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICES DISPUTE On 16 July 2012, the WTO issued the dispute panel report in the case “China — Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services” (WT/DS413/R). Panel report: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/413r_e.htm ... More >>
Lamy announces improvements to "Geneva Week"
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:32 pm | World Trade Organisation
LAMY ANNOUNCES IMPROVEMENTS TO “GENEVA WEEK” FOR NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the 24th “Geneva Week” on 9 July 2012, announced improvements to this WTO programme for non-resident members and observers, including “organizing ... More >>
United States Files Dispute Against China
Friday, 6 July 2012, 3:13 pm | World Trade Organisation
UNITED STATES FILES DISPUTE AGAINST CHINA On 5 July 2012, the United States requested consultations with China under the dispute settlement system concerning the latter’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain automobiles from the United States. ... More >>
China Renews Contribution Of US$400,000 WTO Aid for Trad
Friday, 6 July 2012, 3:11 pm | World Trade Organisation
CHINA RENEWS ITS CONTRIBUTION OF USD 400,000 TO THE CHINA PROGRAMME FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES UNDER THE WTO AID FOR TRADE INITIATIVE After the successful implementation of the Programme in its first year to assist least-developed countries (LDCs) in ... More >>
DDG Rugwabiza calls on ECOSOC to fight protectionism
Friday, 6 July 2012, 3:08 pm | World Trade Organisation
DDG RUGWABIZA CALLS ON ECOSOC TO FIGHT PROTECTIONISM Deputy Director-General Valentine Rugwabiza, on 3 July 2012 in New York, called on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “to use its mandate and legitimacy to make sure that G20 ... More >>
World Trade Organization - Aid For Cotton Nears $400m
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 4:04 pm | World Trade Organisation
AID FOR COTTON NEARS $400M, BUT SOME MEMBERS FEAR NEW SUBSIDIES Development assistance since 2005 for cotton producers, mainly in Africa, is approaching $400 million, WTO members heard on 29 June 2012, in a meeting where several members also said they ... More >>
Lamy Reports No Slowdown in New Trade Restrictions
Saturday, 30 June 2012, 5:18 pm | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on trade-related developments issued on 29 June 2012, said that “there has been no slowdown in the imposition of new trade restrictions over the past seven months”. He noted that “the more recent ... More >>
WTO University Chairs Strenthening Trade-Reference Points
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 2:08 pm | World Trade Organisation
WTO University Chairs Are Strengthening Their Roles As Trade-Reference Points—Lamy Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the third annual meeting of the WTO Chairs Programme on 25 June 2012, said that “the Chairs are strengthening their roles ... More >>
WTO and UNCTAD / Trade Policy Review
Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 9:20 am | World Trade Organisation
According to preliminary estimates by the WTO and UNCTAD, in the fourth quarter of 2011, world exports of commercial services rose by 3% year-on-year (balance-of-payments basis, current price, not seasonally adjusted). This is significantly lower than ... More >>
Global Governance is the Globalization of Local Governance
Sunday, 11 March 2012, 11:46 am | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the Oxford Martin School, Oxford University on 8 March 2012, said: “In the absence of a truly global government, global governance results from the action of sovereign States. It is inter-national. Between nations. ... More >>
